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15. I appreciate your positivity

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Mon Nov 10, 2025, 01:54 PM

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but I had to reread this to make sure it wasn't satire.

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Watch and appreciate how Democrats are governing to pressure republicans [View all] bigtree Monday OP

What became of that FSA account proposal from the GOP SSJVegeta Monday #1

"Republican health care crisis" mzmolly Monday #2

and I'm sure they are losing sleep over millions losing healthcare LOL. nt yaesu Monday #5

They should lose sleep over losing mzmolly Monday #10

They aren't in danger of losing their Bettie Monday #22

All Republican districts are mzmolly Monday #25

Most of them are Bettie Monday #31

Time will tell. mzmolly Monday #34

They don't care...no consequences NotHardly Monday #43

I disagree. mzmolly Monday #50

well, they can slop all the lipstick on the shutdown cave pig they want but at the end of the day is still a pig. nt yaesu Monday #3

should have voted in a majority bigtree Monday #12

Even when we had the majority, they voted for an expiration date on the enhanced subsidies MichMan Monday #39

it was a pandemic response, not a straightforward subsidy effort bigtree Monday #44

Republicans are pigs. mzmolly Monday #13

Democrats that continually cave to fascists deserve to be flamed LR3 Monday #4

THIS! berksdem Monday #6

the vast majority of the party disagreed. bigtree Monday #46

Oh please LR3 Monday #54

Use this to show people exactly how evil Republicans are Freddie Monday #7

If the Democrats are going to go along with this it's not just showing that the Republicans are the ones Autumn Monday #16

So we totally give up, lose the midterms and install trump as president for life Freddie Monday #17

Democratic leadership gave up. We did what was required of us and more. nt Autumn Monday #18

wrong. they put the ball squarely in the repubs court. edisdead Monday #32

Why would the democrats own it? edisdead Monday #30

They caved and the republicans will show no mercy. CentralMass Monday #8

How was the shutdown going to change that? edisdead Monday #28

We will never know. CentralMass Monday #45

they still have the majority of Democrats standing against them bigtree Monday #47

I appreciate you and others trying to be the voice of reason here, MarineCombatEngineer Monday #9

it was a shitty deal bigtree Monday #24

Do you honestly believe that Krasnov gab13by13 Monday #33

we got a dead rotten pig in a bloody dripping poke rampartd Monday #35

I think this is dangerous leftstreet Monday #11

right now the demand is an extension of ACA subsudies as millions of Americans health costs double bigtree Monday #20

Sadly BigMin28 Monday #21

Single payer isn't even in thenpicture edisdead Monday #27

Restoring the Obamacare subsidies is also not going to happen. gab13by13 Monday #36

I brought it up BigMin28 Monday #41

I think you are as right on this as you were on Garland. Autumn Monday #14

Yep. Exactly. Scrivener7 Monday #40

I appreciate your positivity berksdem Monday #15

your reply is unserious bigtree Monday #29

oh no, i read it a few times actually... berksdem Monday #48

I wanna be positive too, but I think that's cockeyed optimisim. Happy Hoosier Monday #19

Rec X 1,000,000!! Sogo Monday #23

thank you for this bigtree edisdead Monday #26

Obviously Mikie Sherrill can't see it either gab13by13 Monday #38

Capitulation is the opposite of pressure but I guess the corporatists & centrists need to spin this as a victory somehow LonePirate Monday #37

Thank You csusan Monday #42

That was a very thoughtful post. Quiet Em Monday #49

Jeffries will be a great Speaker! mcar Monday #51

" we're going to work hard to hold the Republicans accountable" IcyPeas Monday #52

So...will this"victory" get SNAP benefits sent out? synni Monday #53